About Us

Our Mission

Our Mission is to empower those living with spina bifida to achieve their maximum potential.

Our Vision

Empowering people. The Spina Bifida Coalition envisions individuals with spina bifida as confident, skilled and productive citizens, advocating for their own health and welfare. We see persons with spina bifida accessing a network of resources and educational opportunities to obtain transportation, explore secondary education options, make independent living choices, and acquire effective personal management skills.

We see the sharing of experiences and resources with expectant families, to ease their shift from an unexpected prenatal diagnosis to accepting a life with this complicated but manageable condition. We imagine helping families learn and implement effective advocacy skills.

We foresee a community that is knowledgeable about spina bifida, and free of misconceptions about the employability, social inclusion, transportation, and personal independence of people born with spina bifida.

Service Area

Southern Ohio

The Spina Bifida Coalition serves:

  • Adams
  • Athens
  • Belmont
  • Brown
  • Butler
  • Clermont
  • Clinton
  • Gallia
  • Hamilton
  • Harrison
  • Highland
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Lawrence
  • Meigs
  • Monroe
  • Noble
  • Pike
  • Scioto
  • Warren
  • Washington

Northeast Ohio

  • Ashland
  • Ashtabula
  • Carroll
  • Columbiana
  • Cuyahoga
  • Erie
  • Geauga
  • Holmes
  • Huron
  • Lake
  • Lorain
  • Mahoning
  • Medina
  • Portage
  • Richland
  • Stark
  • Summit
  • Trumbull
  • Tuscarawas
  • Wayne

Southeastern Indiana

  • Dearborn
  • Franklin
  • Jefferson
  • Ohio
  • Ripley
  • Switzerland Counties

Northern Kentucky

  • Boone
  • Campbell
  • Kenton Counties

West Virginia

  • The entire state

Service Area Map

Map of all areas served including Ohio, West Viginia, Indiana and Kentucky